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Found a way that computers can talk to eachother in case of a nuclear attack.
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The first hosts on what would one day become the internet.
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Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the
"interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate
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A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network",
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Apple website is created. Apple made one of the first smartphones that allowed everyone to constantly be connected to the internet. AppleLink
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The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington,
and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California
Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was
developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining
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The first emoticon was used While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of
the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by
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The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system
was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts.
DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address
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The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system
was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts.
DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address
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The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his
proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created
and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
Microsoft website is created MicrosoftLink
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ESPN website is created. This allows people to get updates on sports. ESPNLinkESPN website in launched
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YahooLink Yahoo is launched. This was one of the first big search engines to be made. This made searching the web a lot easier.
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GoogleLink Google is created. This is another search engine that made it easy to search the web. This is one of the most commonly used search engines today.
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FacebookLinkFacebook website is launched. This new form of social media gave people an easy way to communicate with each other.
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YoutubeLink Youtube is created. YouTube let people make, share, and view videos.
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GmailLink Gmail is created. A super easy and straightforward way to communicate with others.
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GoogleBuysYoutubeLinkGoogle bought Youtube in 2006. This made YouTube more popular and more users started uploading and viewing videos.
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TwitterLink Twitter is created and released to the public. Social media is being used more and more.This allowed users to share tweets to tell others what they are doing.
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SpotifyLink Spotify is launched. The first way to have a live streaming radio on the web.
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TwitterPopularityLink As of May 2015, Twitter has more than 500 million users. This shows how social media is important in communicating with others.
